Leiden, 19 January 2023 – BIMINI Biotech, an innovative therapeutics startup that develops new cancer drugs, has signed an exclusive license agreement with the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR) to acquire and further develop a novel first-in-class Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASp) activator. The company aims to leverage WASp modulation to target hematological cancers. The…
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BIMINI Biotech has received a MIT feasibility grant (€20.000) for the MCL-TX project. The Mkb-innovatiestimulering Regio en Topsectoren (MIT) stimulates innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises across regional borders. In addition, MIT encourages SME projects to better align with the knowledge and innovation agendas of the Missions for the future. This enables companies to carry…
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BIMINI Biotech was recently awarded a Eureka Eurostars project with the aim of targeting the growth hormone receptor for novel and personalized cancer therapeutics. This project named ONCO-TARGET, brings together a unique consortium consisting of BIMINI Biotech (drug development), Specs Compound Handling (chemistry), Uppsala University (oncology and genetics) and IVRS (pre-clinical in vivo modelling), with…
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Leiden, 15 October 2021 – BIMINI Biotech, an innovative therapeutics start-up that develops new cancer drugs, raised an investment of €250,000. The seed funding is provided by Libertatis Ergo Holding B.V. (LEH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Leiden University which supports and invests in spinout companies associated with Leiden University’s activities. BIMINI Biotech will leverage…
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BIMINI Biotech has received a MIT feasibility grant (€20.000) for the ONCO-ID project. The Mkb-innovatiestimulering Regio en Topsectoren (MIT) stimulates innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises across regional borders. In addition, MIT encourages SME projects to better align with the knowledge and innovation agendas of the Missions for the future. This enables companies to carry…
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Leiden, 26 November 2020 – BIMINI Biotech, an innovative therapeutics startup that develops new cancer drugs, has secured an investment of €200,000 from proof-of-concept fund UNIIQ to further develop its technology. The company aims to use the growth hormone receptor to uniquely inhibit cancer cell growth. The investment was announced digitally by Ida Haisma, director…
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BIMINI Biotech is one of the 10 winners of the Academic Startup Competition 2020 and is now entitled to use the title ‘Best Academic Startup of 2020’ for the coming year. The other winning startups are DeNoize, Digi Bio, IamFluidics, Kaminari Medical, Lusoco, NC Biomatrix, Taylor, uCrowds and VanBoven. BIMINI Biotech develops innovative therapeutics in…
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BIMINI Biotech has been nominated from no fewer than an astounding 57 contenders, by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (Vereniging van Universiteiten (VSNU), the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI) and Techleap as one of the 20 academic startups to compete in the finals of the second edition of the Academic Startup…
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BIMINI Biotech has been awarded the Eureka INNOWIDE grant of €60.000 to set up a collaborative (pre-) clinical network of expert parties in India and accelerate cost-effective drug development. Together with our expert partner TheraIndx, we will make these initial steps for our lead compound. As such, BIMINI aims to create a global impact. The…
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BIMINI Biotech moved to the PLNT centre for innovation and entrepreneurship in Leiden, thereby joining the largest life sciences cluster in the Netherlands. From this new location, we are in the perfect position to progress our pre-clinical activities on our lead compounds for cancer towards the clinic. We are happy to welcome you in our…
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